I found out a news site I read for years was blocked in Turkey

I was trying to share an article from a site I use with a friend in Istanbul last week, and he said he couldn't open it. He told me the entire domain has been banned there by the government for over a year. I had no idea, because I could read it just fine from Ohio. It made me realize how much I take for granted, and how my view of 'free' information is totally shaped by where I live. Has anyone else had a moment like this, where you realized a normal website for you is completely off limits somewhere else?

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matthew12247m ago

Remember trying to show my cousin a YouTube video when I was visiting family in another country? The whole platform was just gone, a blank page. It was the weirdest feeling, like a piece of the internet was just missing. You don't really get it until you're the one staring at the error message. Makes you wonder what you're not seeing on your own screen, right?

cole_davis471h ago

I guess I just see it as part of living somewhere. Every place has its own rules.

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